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经验丰富的经理可以成为助理合伙人，这是一条通往正式合伙人之路。

每位助理合伙人都是顶级顾问，尽管他们的技能将会继续提高。您将会与客户的高层直接合作，建立紧密的专业性——而且通常也是个人化——的关系，并在最广泛的意义上解决他们关注的问题。随着您在公司的进步，您的专业领域将变得更加专业和明确，但您仍然是一个全面性的顾问，不同的是您个人的核心技能得到了充分的培养，变得更加明确。

在您作为助理合伙人的两三年时间内，当您担任项目指导者和经理时，我们期望您能把领导力提升到新的水平。您的团队希望得到您的指导，您也要积极参与建设公司的知识产权，为内外部出版物撰稿。

凭借您的专长和经验，以及作为客户的领导和智慧“公众人物”的形象，您将会越来越多地支持合伙人发展客户关系，甄别和利用商业机会。我们希望您能在建立公司国际地位方面发挥您的作用，对全球部门和职能团队做出贡献，发展我们的能力，在我们足迹所涉的地方协助建立客户网络。随着我们在全球的扩展，您对国外提供支持可能是必不可少的。

随着合作的开展，我们给予助理合伙人系统化指导，国内和国际辅导，在那些对他们的强项和能力非常关键的特定领域进行培训。我们坚定地致力于帮助您找到最佳的发展路径。

Mélanie
Associate partner

After my studies, I worked for four years in a consultancy that specialised in retail, managing such various assignments as corporate strategy to the implementation of IT systems for leading retailers in Europe.

A friend of mine told me that strategy consulting is like bringing clarity to a dark environment. I think this is very true: We do help clients get out of their “cave” and see outside of their current world of business, helping them enter into or try new markets, reshape their business model or build partnerships.

At OC&C, I think what really makes us different is our team spirit, built around core values like respect, merit, and excellence in work. There are a lot of collective work partners involved in issue analysis, sharing their experience with the most junior consultants.

Chris
Associate partner

I started my career in consulting after completing my bachelors degree at the University of Pennsylvania. I took a slight detour and left consulting to pursue a product and business development role at a then-startup called Harmonix Music Systems, the creators of the Guitar Hero and Rock Band video games.

I was drawn to OC&C because the U.S. group had a startup feel, a strong team, and a compelling vision. I have stayed with OC&C for more than five years as we have successfully grown the firm because the talent and character of the people and the overall firm culture are second to none.

The associate partner role can be extremely diverse in its responsibilities. Success means learning how to delegate, motivate, and evaluate the efforts of the talented associates and consultants that OC&C hires - The upside is that you spend more time focused on your clients, understanding their concerns, interpreting their feedback, and growing into the role of trusted advisor.

In my view, consulting is most rewarding when I achieve that level of interaction with my clients and share in their professional success.

Leonie
Associate partner

After studying History at university, I joined a retail graduate scheme and four and a half years later joined OC&C as a Consultant.

Strategy consulting has delivered against everything I was hoping for when I moved from retail. The work is fast-paced, intellectually challenging and enables you to gain a level of insight into business strategy that would otherwise be impossible to achieve within the industry at the start of your career. Also, the people are incredibly bright and committed to performing to the best of their abilities.

OC&C offers a client list and a standard of work that is equivalent to the other top strategy consulting firms, yet is of a size that means the associate consultants and consultants are far from anonymous. Work life at OC&C can be tough, but is always rewarding. The work consistently stretches you, ensuring that your learning is maximised, and the team-based approach to project work means you can make a big contribution at all levels within the organisation.

Anthony
Associate partner

I've found work-life at OC&C alternately interesting, amusing, stretching and tough - but above all enjoyable. During the tough times the people around you help to get you through. Plus I feel I've developed both professionally and in terms of the perspective I have on what's important in life - and what is less so!

I recently spent six months on secondment at a large supermarket chain, primarily looking at the effectiveness of their marketing activity. This provided both a chance to apply the consulting 'toolkit' to a non-standard problem, but more importantly an opportunity to get exposed to, and involved with, day to day activity across the business - an invaluable series of learnings to apply to consulting as I return to OC&C, and indeed for my career more generally.

What is the best thing about working at OC&C? The people, hands down. I made a lot of good friends when I joined OC&C, many of whom are still with OC&C and some who have since moved on to other things, but all still remain genuine friends.

Advice for prospective applicants? Read slightly behind what the brochures tell you. Get talking to the staff and find out what they are working on. If you like them and what they're doing, you've probably found the right fit. Remember, there's no 'one size fits all' company; different companies suit different people.

Dan
Associate partner

Associate Partner

After two and a half years at OC&C, I decided that I wanted to get a taste for what life would be like in a ‘real’ job. When the opportunity arose to join Manchester United, the club I have supported all my life, it was too good to miss. I was seconded to work at Old Trafford for four months, working closely with the commercial director to help determine United’s business strategy, and to implement various projects to drive forward the club’s off-field performance. The whole experience was absolutely fantastic, teaching me a lot about life on ‘the other side of the table’ – and helping me to fulfil my boyhood dream of playing a game on the hallowed turf!

The job is constantly changing, and it evolves as quickly as your skills do, so you are always learning. In general, you go from answering a specific problem to answering the broader question, and I am now responsible for presenting and delivering the project answer, rather than an individual piece of analysis. As a Manager, I typically have a team of other consultants working for me, and it’s my responsibility to guide them on the analysis and problem solving they do.

What is the best thing about working at OC&C? There are so many good people here; people who you’d always want on your team and, at the same time, who you’d want to have a beer with after work. That’s what defines an OC&C consultant.